"I've never thought about songwriting as a..." - Quote by Taylor Swift

“Let go of people who bring you down, and surround yourself with those who bring out the best in you.”

“My parents raised me to never feel like I was entitled to success.That you have to work for it. You have to work so hard for it. And sometimes then you don't even get where you need to go.”

“I'm not opposed to falling in love.”

“I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have.”

“I really don’t want a compilation of sounds. I just need them to be songs.”

“My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails.”

“Only grace-large doses, frequently displayed, released-will restore the wounded.”

“Grief never mended no broken bones.”

“There are two levels to your pain: the pain that you create now, and the pain from the past that still lives on in your mind and body. Ceasing to create pain in the present and dissolving past pain - this is what I want to talk about now.”